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ZIP code 70711, Livingston Parish, Louisiana

National Flood Insurance Program claims and payouts recorded for this ZIP code, with county context.

NCEI notes that Storm Data is compiled from a variety of sources including the National Weather Service, other federal, state and local agencies, the media and the public; that property and crop damage figures are estimates; and that some events are recorded by NWS forecast zone rather than by county. FEMA notes that NFIP claim records are redacted and aggregated to protect the privacy of policyholders. NFIP claims as of 8 Sep 2026.

OpenFEMA lists 175 NFIP claims for ZIP 70711 (Livingston Parish, Louisiana), with $13M paid on 157 claims since 1978.

That is 1.2% of the 14,639 claims recorded across Livingston Parish. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $81K, higher than the county average of $65K and the Louisiana average of $54K.

FEMA counts 17 repetitive-loss properties and 1 severe repetitive-loss property in the ZIP (properties with two or more paid flood claims); their locations are not published.

At county level FEMA counts 13,708 residential flood policies in force, covering 26.6% of residential structures.

175NFIP claims since 1978
157paid claims
$13Mtotal paid
$81Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 70711LivingstonLouisianaUS
Claims since 197817514,639485,7432,680,429
Share of claims paid90%88%80%78%
Average paid claim$81K$65K$54K$43K
Share of county claims1.2%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties171,25130,692—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 70711 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s0$0
1980s5$16,963
1990s4$93,395
2000s7$232,328
2010s132$11,591,157
2020s27$828,155
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202411$43,486$43,486
20212621$784,670$37,365
201711$28,468$28,468
2016124117$11,524,959$98,504
201511$10,000$10,000
201410$0—
201254$27,731$6,933
200821$42,124$42,124
200532$184,380$92,190
200411$209$209
200311$5,615$5,615
199511$23,573$23,573
199411$12,000$12,000
199322$57,822$28,911
198711$691$691
198511$10,914$10,914
198420$0—
198311$5,358$5,358

Claims are counted by year of loss as recorded in OpenFEMA's redacted NFIP claims file; amounts combine building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments. ZIP codes in the file are the policyholder's reported ZIP.

County context: Livingston Parish

Livingston Parish has 432 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (15 in the last 12 months), 52 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 33; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 8.

Hail: 82 · Tornado: 43 · Flood: 33 · Wind: 219 · Winter: 8 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 70711?

175 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 157 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 70711?

$13M across 157 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $81K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 70711?

2016, with 124 claims and $12M paid.

What county is ZIP 70711 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Livingston Parish, Louisiana; ZIP codes can cross county lines. The county page carries the storm record, declarations and risk index for the area.

Provenance

OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3 (as of 8 Sep 2026) and NfipMultipleLossProperties v1 (2 Aug 2026), aggregated by ZIP code and year of loss on this site; no property-level record is shown. County storm figures from NOAA NCEI through 30 Jun 2026. Built 1 Oct 2026. See the guide to redacted NFIP claims and the methodology.